Rail-chair.



Y the railway-rails to the ties to eliminate any Patented september 15, 1903.

PATENT OFFICE.

GUSTAVE E. RAITZ, OF TOLEDO, OHIO.

RAIL-CHAIR.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 739,026, dated September 15, l1903.

Application filed .Tune 29. 1903.

To all whom it may con/cern:

Be it known that I, GUsrAvE E. RAITZ, of Toledo, county of Lucas, and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and' useful Im-v provements in Rail-Chairs; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, which will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the characters of reference marked thereon, which form part of this specification.

This invention has reference to a rail-chair and it has for its object to provide simple, inexpensive, and effective means for securing danger of spreading, and the same comprises the novel combination and larrangement of the parts hereinafter shown, described, and claimed.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure l is a side elevation of my improved railchair, showing a rail in position thereon. Fig. 2 is a plan view of the chair-base. v

In the employment of my invention the chairs are placed at distances of about twenty feet along the rail, either at the rail-joints or at distances remote therefrom. Each of the chairs comprisesa base portion 1,the same being a simple casting formed at one end with an upstanding hook-shaped portion 2, adapted to receive one side of the rail-base and secure it firmly in place, there being also square perforations 3 provided at this end through which spikes are driven to secure the outer end of the chair-base to the tie. Upon the upper face of the base at its inner end are cast corrugations 4.,extendin g in a transverse directionl 5 is a clamp member, having formed on approximately half its lower face transverse corrugations corresponding to and adapted to engage the corrugations on the base, and the inner portion of the lower face of said member is cut away and inclined, as indicated at 6, and adapted to engage the rail-.base on the side opposite to that engaged by the portion 2. It is apparent from this arrangement that the member 5 may be tilted as a lever, the

innermost corrugation 'thereon (indicated by Serial No. 163,529. (No model.)

5 is perforated vertically, as indicated at 7 and S, to permit of securely fastening the same by means of ordinary lag-screws 9, the chair-base being slotted longitudinally at 10 to register with the perforations to permit the lag-screws to extend therethrough and into the cross-tie.

It will be apparent from the arrangement and disposition of the parts that the employment of fish-plates upon the rail will not be interfered with, and, furthermore, the device is simple, comprising few parts, two castings only being employed, ineXpensive,vand the same is not liable to become loosened or deranged from the vibration'of cars passing along the rails.

From the foregoing the novelty, utility, and advantages of my inventionshould be apparent.`

Having described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States, is-

In a rail-chair, a base provided with a hookshaped portion at one end to engage one side of a rail-base, and provided at its opposite end with transverse corrugations and an elongated slot, and a clamp member having the outer half of its lower face provided with corrugations corresponding to the corrugations provided on the base, and its inner half cut away or inclined to engage the other side of the rail-base, and provided with perforations arranged on opposite sides of the innermost corrugation thereon, and fastening bolts or screws adapted to extend through said perforations and the slot in the base, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I'affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

GUSTAVE E. RAITZ. Witnesses: l

CARL H. KELLER, CEAS.` C. DEFENBAUGH. 

